Malaysia’s state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has boosted the target size of its planned initial public offering (IPO) of its energy assets to around $3 billion, Reuters reported on September 13, as the fund looks to repay debt incurred in a shopping spree for power plants. This would make the IPO one of Southeast Asia’s largest public stock offerings so far.
The public listing of 1MDB, which is chaired by Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak himself, has been delayed several times and originally sought to raise $1 billion to $2 billion. However, 1MDB is now expected to invite banks in October to formally pitch their services, and ready the fund for the $3 billion IPO by the first half of 2014...............................................Full Article: Source